This will be our 2nd Fence Painting Party (and LAST one for a long time)and we want to get it done before hot weather is upon us.
As many of you know, we were SHY of paint when we did the Alma School fence, so we must "do it all again" for the Guadalupe Road Fence.
This fence is indeed not as long as the Alma School one, but it will require a bit more caution, as it has the used brick pillars in between the sections of fence.
Karen Walsh has suggested a date of Saturday, March 4, 2000. We will need to MASK off those brick pillars probably the day before (on Friday). We NEED masking tape -- the wide kind. (If anyone else has any ideas about this particular job -- please "plunge right in", as this is NOT my forte! Any volunteers???
This will take 1/2 of your day as it did before if we get 50 or so neighbors together who are willing to "finish the job" up.
Our neighborhood fences will all be done -- just in time for our --
(drum roll please)
1st new ENTRANCE SIGN!
Mark, our "sign man" tells me it will take about 6 weeks and I have given him all paperwork and 1/2 payment this week.
Some of you who have joined the website since our first "paint job" may not realize that the city will NOT paint our fences -- we must do it ourselves -- if we care. However, they will provide FREE
paint and rollers. We need to bring the "fuzzy" or nap portion of the roller.
YOUR TIME is needed to do this.
If you would like to have hot dogs in the park as we did before after we have finished painting, let me know. We do need a coordinator for that part. Debbie and Don Glick did it last time and it tasted sooo yummy after a long morning's work. Any volunteers???
It seems everyone had a good time the last paint party. Andrew Long of the Tribune did an article on us. He wants to be there again this year and also the editor from Across the Back Fence, Chrystal Prentice wants to do an article on us as well.
The BEST part of all was simply getting to know your neighbors by working alongside them and knowing that they too care about their property as much as you do.
PLEASE, PLEASE -- let's decide on a:
DATE
MASKING (for the Friday before)
BREAKFAST GOODIES
FOOD COORDINATOR
ICE CHESTS
TRUCK/s (for hauling paint and supplies)
SHOVELS + any:
Donations of food, pop, water, ice, rollers, brushes, rags, etc.
Just post your name on here if the DATE is ok and if you (or a neighbor w/no computer) can do/bring anything. Or you may call 480-831-1525 or 602-321-1139.
By Jim and Alma Jones
As many of you know, we were SHY of paint when we did the Alma School fence, so we must "do it all again" for the Guadalupe Road Fence.
This fence is indeed not as long as the Alma School one, but it will require a bit more caution, as it has the used brick pillars in between the sections of fence.
Karen Walsh has suggested a date of Saturday, March 4, 2000. We will need to MASK off those brick pillars probably the day before (on Friday). We NEED masking tape -- the wide kind. (If anyone else has any ideas about this particular job -- please "plunge right in", as this is NOT my forte! Any volunteers???
This will take 1/2 of your day as it did before if we get 50 or so neighbors together who are willing to "finish the job" up.
Our neighborhood fences will all be done -- just in time for our --
(drum roll please)
1st new ENTRANCE SIGN!
Mark, our "sign man" tells me it will take about 6 weeks and I have given him all paperwork and 1/2 payment this week.
Some of you who have joined the website since our first "paint job" may not realize that the city will NOT paint our fences -- we must do it ourselves -- if we care. However, they will provide FREE
paint and rollers. We need to bring the "fuzzy" or nap portion of the roller.
YOUR TIME is needed to do this.
If you would like to have hot dogs in the park as we did before after we have finished painting, let me know. We do need a coordinator for that part. Debbie and Don Glick did it last time and it tasted sooo yummy after a long morning's work. Any volunteers???
It seems everyone had a good time the last paint party. Andrew Long of the Tribune did an article on us. He wants to be there again this year and also the editor from Across the Back Fence, Chrystal Prentice wants to do an article on us as well.
The BEST part of all was simply getting to know your neighbors by working alongside them and knowing that they too care about their property as much as you do.
PLEASE, PLEASE -- let's decide on a:
DATE
MASKING (for the Friday before)
BREAKFAST GOODIES
FOOD COORDINATOR
ICE CHESTS
TRUCK/s (for hauling paint and supplies)
SHOVELS + any:
Donations of food, pop, water, ice, rollers, brushes, rags, etc.
Just post your name on here if the DATE is ok and if you (or a neighbor w/no computer) can do/bring anything. Or you may call 480-831-1525 or 602-321-1139.
By Jim and Alma Jones
